Req #51598 [Opn->Sus]: String Objects?

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51598&edit=1 ID: 51598 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: tom at r dot je Summary: String Objects? -Status: Open +Status: Suspended Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Strings related PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This feature request needed to be discussed, for what this bug tracker is unsuitable. So if you're still interested in this feature, please forward the request to the internals mailing list[1]. For the time being, I'm suspending this ticket. [1] <https://www.php.net/mailing-lists.php#internals> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-04-19 11:05:34] tom at r dot je Description: ------------ To make PHP more object-oriented it would be useful to give primitives (Strings especially, as they have a large number of related functions) a more OO interface. In the same way PHP5 introduced ArrayObject, it would be useful to create a StringObject in PHP6. E.g. example usage: <?php //Some example usage $str = 'Foo'; echo $str->toLower(); echo $str->replace('Foo', 'Bar'); echo $str->replace('Foo', 'Bar')->toLower(); //ideally needs inbuilt support for chaining echo $str; //could be done using __toString() ?> This can be achieved at the moment by defining a StringObject class and using $str = new String('My String'); or similar. However, the usefulness is limited because there's no way to automatically wrap all strings within the application. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51598&edit=1